Day794 Wednesday 10/31/12

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Brilliant. This video has earned a special place as the perfect argument against Barack Obama and his liberal counterparts. As much as we feebly attempt to make sense of national affairs and our economy, and argue about what paths and what futures we should lead America toward---along comes this guy and he distills all of the chaos into a perfect perspective through the lens of children. 

We were once those little kids in the video above. That candy was the currency we now know as money. And, as fun as Halloween is, it is still work through a child's eyes. It is hard work for a reward they feel they earned. They are hustling to get to as many houses as they can to fill their bags up as much as they can, just as we adults hustle to seize as many opportunities as we can to fill our savings as much as possible. It is no different. 

The world through those children's eyes and the candy they earn tonight is no different than the realities before us and the hours you worked today. If you really want to prepare your child for the mature world he is only years from embarking upon, take 30 percent of his candy each Halloween and give it to other kids who have less. If your kid gets 10 Christmas gifts or 20 Easter eggs, take 3 gifts and 6 eggs and explain to him or her that they automatically have to give them to someone else.

To really put things into perspective, from one adult to another, on average, you do not begin earning money for the work you perform until mid-April of every year. Every day you work for the first 3 1/2 months of every year is for federal, state, and local government. We give them more than the first three months of every penny we earn and here they are asking for more after the federal government has plummeted into $16 trillion of debt.

Those kids have every right to be pissed and so do you.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day429.

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Day793 Tuesday 10/30/12

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2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

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Day792 Monday 10/29/12

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Obama's looking like a cat on a hot tin roof. And rightly so---he deserves every tight corner he gets backed into for what he's done, or failed to do, over the last four years. Eight more days until we get this guy out!

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day427.

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Day 791 Sunday 10/28/12

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Today ends week 113 of running against Obama. I ran 0.0 miles this week, averaging 0.00 miles per day.

 

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day426.

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Day790 Saturday 10/27/12

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This is one of the most strange Obama interviews I've ever seen. The local Colorado news anchor is a master of the passive-aggressive interview technique and he rips into Obama without even raising his voice once. Very entertaining. Barack Obama kept his cool but you can tell he was getting more and more pissed with every lie that was passing through his lips.

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Day789 Friday 10/26/12

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Day788 Thursday 10/25/12

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Day787 Wednesday 10/24/12

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This is a really cool site with an array of graphic depictions showing how wastefully our government spends the tax dollars we work so hard to earn. Check it out!

Less than two weeks to go. Barack Obama has had four years and his record speaks for itself. If it had been George Bush's record, or any Republican's for that matter, they would be out thanks to our ever-noble, responsible, fair and unbiased media---but not Barack Obama. Between "Fast and Furious" and the lies that are mounting regarding Benghazi, alone, George Bush or any other Republican would have been taken apart by now---but not Barack Obama.

The only justice left to wield on this man is in the hands of the voter and his proverbial sentence should be life in Chicago.

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Here is what happened one year ago on Day422.

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Day786 Tuesday 10/23/12

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Day785 Monday 10/22/12

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Day784 Sunday 10/21/12

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Today ends week 112 of running against Obama. I ran 0.0 miles this week, averaging 0.00 miles per day.

Still on the injured list. I underestimated how long it would take for my toe to heal and it doesn't feel like it will be better any time soon. Hopefully I can squeeze one last run out, at least on the day of the election. That has been my vision to get me through the last 784 days of running and blogging every day for the last twenty-five months. That vision has been one final run to my voting precinct to cast my vote and to run back home and watch the evening unfold as Barack Obama receives the justice that only America's voters can pass.

In the news today, the UN has formally warned Americans of voting for Mitt Romney. Just when I thought I could not have been more convinced to vote for Mitt Romney, United Nations comes along and warns me not to. I'm more sold than ever. I have always made a resolute effort to refrain from vulgarity on this blog and to not use expletives but, here on Day784, I find it necessary ,more now than ever to say that the UN can kiss my ass. 

America has a Constitution, which is clearly written and intended to be obeyed. There is nothing about the UN or the idea that this entire planet should be ruled by one world order in the United States Constitution. 

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Day783 Saturday 10/20/12

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Day782 Friday 10/19/12

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Here's something you may not know...

A total of 538 electoral votes. Divide that by two and a presidential election will end in a tie. It's only happened once in American history (1824) but could this be the repeat year? Here's what you may not know.

In the event that two presidential candidates end an election in a tie of 269 votes each, rather than reaching the almighty 271 for the win, the House of Representatives (the incoming Congress of 2013), which will more than likely be heavily populated with Republicans after November 6, will be the sole deciding factor. That's right---I don't think it is the best contingency plan but if a tie does occur it's a good time to be a conservative. 

It gets even stranger. The Senate decides who the vice president will be. We could potentially have a Romney/Biden ticket or an Obama/Ryan ticket. 

Check out this link for more details on how controversial this outcome could be.

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Day781 Thursday 10/18/12

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